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Moore, Montana School
Not having given much notice to adult talk I was unaware of my status of being moved to
another room. Thus I went early the first day so as to be sure of getting a seat at the very back
of the room.
Agnes Wright met me at the door and said in a staged whisper, "The 'purr-fessor' is here." I
pretended to be neither impressed nor intimidated, but I stayed outside until Brockway left.
Then went in to claim myoid single desk and chair at the back of the room. Near the end of the
previous term I had been "promoted" to a backseat.
After carefully stowing my books in the desk, Miss Phillips came back and told me I'd have to
move as I now belonged in the other room. I didn't get a back seat there but was placed close
to the stove. I don't remember any "blow-ups" that year, and I kept warm while those next to
the north windows sometimes got cold.
Miss Roberts had a different type of punishment. We had to stand in the corner behind the
organ. I landed there a few times.
In observing older students I had noticed that by folding a sheet of paper a certain way one
could make an airplane. The flight was likely to be erratic unless you clamped the front end
with a bent hair pin.
There was also some target practice with the aid of a rubber band stretched between two
fingers and a small wad of paper folded over it. Then you pulled back on the combination and
let go. The wad carried more sting if you chewed the paper into a wet ball - but sometimes
you felt there wasn't time for that.
Then there was the matter of whispering and writing notes. I don't remember that Miss Roberts
ever punished me for something I didn't do.
Pupils in that room that year as I remember were:
Fifth Grade: Gladys and Faye Antone, and Edmond Deranleau. Ed could playa mouth harp.
Fourth Grade: Onoto Barney, Tracy Dehnert, Terry Owen, Teddy Wight, Genia Sharp, Clarence
Reeves, and Roberta Withrow.
Third Grade: Edith Belcher, Clarence Dunker, Harvey Fogle, Ella Hersey, Maud Ho/brood,
Frances and Dave McFerran, Albert Nihill, John Owen, Elmo Reeves, John Rice, Howard
Royston, and Anna Samuels.
Lewis Croly joined the class after we moved to the new school house. I believe he was the only
one to come to school on a bicycle that year.

Moore, Montana School
Not having given much notice to adult talk I was unaware of my status of being moved to another room. Thus I went early the first day so as to be sure of getting a seat at the very back of the room.
Agnes Wright met me at the door and said in a staged whisper, "The 'purr-fessor' is here." I pretended to be neither impressed nor intimidated, but I stayed outside until Brockway left. Then went in to claim my old single desk and chair at the back of the room. Near the end of the previous term I had been "promoted" to a backseat.
After carefully stowing my books in the desk, Miss Phillips came back and told me I'd have to move as I now belonged in the other room. I didn't get a back seat there but was placed close to the stove. I don't remember any "blow-ups" that year, and I kept warm while those next to the north windows sometimes got cold.
Miss Roberts had a different type of punishment. We had to stand in the corner behind the organ. I landed there a few times.
In observing older students I had noticed that by folding a sheet of paper a certain way one could make an airplane. The flight was likely to be erratic unless you clamped the front end with a bent hair pin.
There was also some target practice with the aid of a rubber band stretched between two fingers and a small wad of paper folded over it. Then you pulled back on the combination and let go. The wad carried more sting if you chewed the paper into a wet ball — but sometimes you felt there wasn't time for that.
Then there was the matter of whispering and writing notes. I don't remember that Miss Roberts ever punished me for something I didn't do.
Pupils in that room that year as I remember were:
Fifth Grade: Gladys and Faye Antone, and Edmond Deranleau. Ed could play a mouth harp.
Fourth Grade: Onoto Barney, Tracy Dehnert, Terry Owen, Teddy Wight, Genia Sharp, Clarence Reeves, and Roberta Withrow.
Third Grade: Edith Belcher, Clarence Dunker, Harvey Fo¬gle, Ella Hersey, Maud Hol¬brood, Frances and Dave McFerran, Albert Nihill, John Owen, Elmo Reeves, John Rice, Howard Royston, and Anna Samuels.
Lewis Croly joined the class after we moved to the new school house. I believe he was the only one to come to school on a bicycle that year.
That may have been the year of the high water. The dray was used to transport some of the pupils across the track. On the south of the railroad track the water came almost to the rails at the depot. I piled on to the dray along with the other kids—then found myself on the wrong side of the water. Fortunately papa was in town so I got a second ride through the water.
In Miss Phillip's room we had gotten out the first year at afternoon recess. John Owen lived just across the street from the school house and sometimes I went home with him to play until my brothers got out at 4 o'clock. Sometimes John would walk part way home with me. There were times he would come all the way with we would play checkers or dominoes until my brothers came home. Then I would walk part way home with him. About that time a new cereal came on the market — FORCE. It was a wheat cereal very similar to Wheaties. FORCE had a little verse on the box: FORCE made him Sunny Jim. There was also the picture of a very healthy smiling boy. I don't remember if it was a boxtop or coupon deal, but anyway, there were premiums offered. I got a wallet and a pocket knife. I sure didn't have much need for the wallet, but I sure did enjoy ownership of that knife.
It had two blades in the same end which made it a good one for playing "mumblety-peg." Two blades were required for that part which was called, "dumping the apple-cart." I suppose I must have played with Howard Royston. We were still playing mumblety-peg when we got to high school.
Besides games with my brothers, Harley, John, and Milton, and my cousins Lowe, and Lewis McFerran, there were others. Ted Wight, John and Terry Owen, Dale Robinson, Harvey Fogle, Lewis Croly and Ade Volkenand.
Late in October, 1909, Louie Odenwald, my brothers, John, Milt, and I went exploring down toward Ross Fork and we ate a lot of chokecherry and buffalo berries. I was tired and thirsty when I got home so I drank a lot of milk. That night I was one sick boy. We had had a pleasant Sunday but it was Wednesday before I got back to school —just long enough to watch laying of the cornerstone for the new school house.
Sometime during the spring of 1910 I went to school on a Monday morning and found that our desks and books had been moved to the new school house. I now had almost a half mile farther to walk to school.
All grades were in building again but somehow didn't seem the same — too many kids for the same amount of playground.
At the end of the term Miss Roberts gave each boy a junior size baseball, but I don't remember what she gave the girls.
Looking back I feel I at I was fortunate to have those early school years in Moore.

Moore, Montana School
Not having given much notice to adult talk I was unaware of my status of being moved to
another room. Thus I went early the first day so as to be sure of getting a seat at the very back
of the room.
Agnes Wright met me at the door and said in a staged whisper, "The 'purr-fessor' is here." I
pretended to be neither impressed nor intimidated, but I stayed outside until Brockway left.
Then went in to claim myoid single desk and chair at the back of the room. Near the end of the
previous term I had been "promoted" to a backseat.
After carefully stowing my books in the desk, Miss Phillips came back and told me I'd have to
move as I now belonged in the other room. I didn't get a back seat there but was placed close
to the stove. I don't remember any "blow-ups" that year, and I kept warm while those next to
the north windows sometimes got cold.
Miss Roberts had a different type of punishment. We had to stand in the corner behind the
organ. I landed there a few times.
In observing older students I had noticed that by folding a sheet of paper a certain way one
could make an airplane. The flight was likely to be erratic unless you clamped the front end
with a bent hair pin.
There was also some target practice with the aid of a rubber band stretched between two
fingers and a small wad of paper folded over it. Then you pulled back on the combination and
let go. The wad carried more sting if you chewed the paper into a wet ball - but sometimes
you felt there wasn't time for that.
Then there was the matter of whispering and writing notes. I don't remember that Miss Roberts
ever punished me for something I didn't do.
Pupils in that room that year as I remember were:
Fifth Grade: Gladys and Faye Antone, and Edmond Deranleau. Ed could playa mouth harp.
Fourth Grade: Onoto Barney, Tracy Dehnert, Terry Owen, Teddy Wight, Genia Sharp, Clarence
Reeves, and Roberta Withrow.
Third Grade: Edith Belcher, Clarence Dunker, Harvey Fogle, Ella Hersey, Maud Ho/brood,
Frances and Dave McFerran, Albert Nihill, John Owen, Elmo Reeves, John Rice, Howard
Royston, and Anna Samuels.
Lewis Croly joined the class after we moved to the new school house. I believe he was the only
one to come to school on a bicycle that year.